From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-19 21:16:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-09!supernews.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030723 Thunderbird/0.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 04:16:56 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.84.194.244 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1061353016 162.84.194.244 (Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:16:56 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:16:56 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41735 Date: 2003-08-20T04:16:56+00:00 List-Id: Robert C. Leif wrote: > I did not write anything about the drug business. However in the US, it is > really a software problem. Because of the complete lack of medical record > standards, FDA has a very hard time discovering problems with a marketed > drug. Therefore, FDA requires very expensive, comprehensive upfront testing, > which serves as a very effective barrier to competition. The FDA saved Americans from the teratogenic effects of thalidomide. Europeans and canadians weren't as lucky. And didn't we just go through a long discussion about the need for comprehensive upfront testing for the Ariane 5?